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smart
are
intelligent
buildings?
Linda Forbes
Unit A3
An intelligent building
• should be productive, safe, healthy, thermally,
aurally and visually comfortable;
Post Tower
Bonn
Germany
Commerzbank
Frankfurt
New York Sao Paulo
Hong Kong
Issues to consider
Pollution from
Noise and smell
vehicles and
Photochemical smogs
industry
Double Ventilated Facades
PPG
Central
and
Government
Planning in the UK
PPS
Regional Regional
Planning Spatial Planning
Bodies Strategy Inspectorate
Local Local
Government Development
(England only) Framework
Planning
Committee Planning
Application
PPS1 Sustainable Development
PPG2 Green Belts
Central Government
PPS3 Housing
PPG4 Industrial/Commercial
PPG5 Simplified Planning Zones
PPG PPS6 Town Centres
(Planning PPS7 Rural Areas
PPG8 Telecommunications
Policy PPS9 Biodiversity & Geo Conservation
Guidance) PPS10 Waste Management
PPS11 Regional Spatial Strategies
& PPS12 Local Development Framework
PPG13 Transport
PPG14 Unstable land
PPS PPG15 Historic Environment
PPG16 Archaeology
(Planning PPG17 Sport & Recreation
Policy PPG18 Enforcement Plan Ctrl
Statement) PPG19 Outdoor Advertising
PPG20 Coastal
PPG21 Tourism
PPS22 Renewable Energy
PPS23 Pollution Control
PPG24 Noise
PPS25 Flood Risk
Regional Government Regional
Spatial
Strategy
(Regional Planning Bodies RPBs
and elected Regional Assemblies inc London)
Require building
Owner of buildings in proximity? more capacity off-site
to meet requirements?
Conclusions
• Intelligent buildings
can deliver energy
savings
• Highly technical,
with high embodied
energy
• Planning systems
may defeat
objectives
• What future in a
hotter, more humid
and crowded world?